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Tip:

You can also naviga te through the levels of a

material with the Material/Map Navigator (page

2–1447).

Go For ward to Sibling

Material Editor > Go Forward to Sibling

Material Editor menu > Navigation menu > Go Forward

to Sibling

GoForwardToSiblingmovestothenextmapor

materialatthesamelevelinthecurrentmaterial.

This button is available only when you are not at

the top level of a compound material (page 3–922),

and there is more than one map or material at the

current level.

A typical situation is one in which you have a

material with a Diffuse map, a Bump map, and a

Glossiness map. The Materia l level is the parent

and the Diffuse map, Bump map, and Glossiness

map are its children. Go Forward To Sibling

becomes available at the level of the children and

allows you to go from one to another.

You can also navigate through the levels of a

material with the Material/Map Navigator (page

2–1447).

Material/Map Navigator

Material Editor > Material/Ma p Navig ator

The Material/Map Nav igator is a modeless dialog

that provides quick navigation through the

hierarchy of maps (page 3–968) in a material (page

3–971),orofsub-materialsinacompound material

(page 3–922).

TheNavigatordisplaysthematerialandmapsin

the currently active sample slot. You can navigate

the hierarchy of the current material by clicking the

material or map listed in the Navigator. Conversely,

as you navigate the material in the Material E ditor,

the current level is high lighted in the Nav igator.

The selected m aterial or map becomes active in

the sample slot, while the rollouts for the selected

material or map are displayed b elow.

You can also drag from the Navigator to any valid

sample slot or button in the user interface.

Use the view buttons at the top to change the

display. The list displayed in the Navigator is

similar to t he one displayed in the Track View

hierarchy.